A guide for Northstar Tours in Canada recently captured heartwarming video of a friendly polar bear petting an Eskimo dog in Churchill, Manitoba.

David de Muelles told ABC News today he stumbled upon the "beautiful moment" on Nov. 12 while leading a bus tour of the area. He said he had stopped the bus by a famous Eskimo dog sanctuary in the area when he spotted the bear.

"This big bear had just woken up from a cat nap and stopped right by the dog," de Muelles said. "The bear then just started gracefully petting the dog like a human."